Rich Nathan Biography

Rich Nathan (born December 1955) has been the senior Pastor of Vineyard Columbus since 1987. Nathan came to believe in Jesus at the age of 18. Prior to pastoring, he was an assistant professor of business law at The Ohio State University for five years. He has Bachelors degrees in history and religious studies from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio graduating magna cum laude, and a J.D. with honors from Ohio State University's Moritz College of Law in Columbus, Ohio. Nathan has served on the National Board of Vineyard: A Community of Churches for more than 20 years and is the Large Church Task Force Coordinator for the Vineyard. He is a popular national and international conference speaker and author of three books. Nathan has been noted as one of the strongest voices in favor of bringing together various streams of the church including the evangelical stream, the social justice stream, the charismatic stream and the liturgical stream. Vineyard Columbus has seen thousands of people make a faith commitment to Jesus as Lord from every conceivable background - atheistic, unchurched, Jewish, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Mormon, and Jehovah's Witness - among other backgrounds.